Rail-joint.



8. LEE.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED DEG. a, 1909.

@fiY'fiflUn Patented Aug. 16,1910.

A/fomey pattern SAMUEL LEE, OF SOUTHGONLNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 03E ONE-FOURTH: TO JAMES S. LEE, OF BANNING STATION, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented d ug. 1L6, 191 01..

hpplication filed December 8,1909. Serial No. 532,118.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, SAMUEL Iran, a citizen oi the United States of: America, residing at South Connellsville, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefullmprovs ments in Rail-J oints the principles of which are new, of which the following is a specification My invention relates to "rail joints and has'for' its object to provide a durable and inexpensive device of the class described, in which the nse of bolts is dispensed with and a base is provided for the ends of the rails which will withstand the shock incident to the passing of the car wheels from one rail. to the other.

l urther objeets and advantageswill ap pear in the following description and claims, gt'orming'a part of this application. V

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved rail joint; Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4C isa vertical transversesection on lined-1- ofFig. 2. Fig. 5 is. a detail perspective view of one of the fish plates. Fig. 6 is a siinilarview ofthe opposite fish plate.

Similar numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 and Z indicate the'adjoining ends of .two rails and 3 and L, the fish plates. The fish 'plate 3 is provided with integral studs 5, designed, andlocated to enter some of the perforations in the ends of the railsusually occupied by the bolts; this fish. Jlate is also provided with an extension 6 ying above the flange otthe rail and a base portion 7 extending beneath the rail on which the adjoining ends of the rails rest. The fish plate 1 is provided with" Studs8- similar to'studs 5 and an integral arm 9 to extend whenthe parts are assembled beneath the plate 7 and then up as shown: at 10 and .isprovided at its upper portion witlra notch 11 111 which a wedgelQ is inserted between it and a seat 13 provided for ition the outer-face of thefish plate 3; Thewedge, when driven tightly to place will hold both fish plates firmly in place. There is some space allowed into this space is driven a wedge 14: at such an angle. as shown in Fig. 3 to support plate 7 lts entire width. A. notch 15 is provided eidental displacement thereof. Perforations 1 6 are provided in the plate 7 for the reception of the ordinary spikes, and notches 17 are provided in the outer edge of plate 6 for spikes. It will be noted that the spikes entering. openings 16 will rest in their usual position in relation to the rail and thereby oiteir' ad litional means for securely holding the parts of my devicein their proper positions. 5

The portion. 7 of the fish plate 3 rails, forming a firm support for same and holding the ends of the rails true thereby forming a smooth joint. 1

What I claim and desire to secure byLet ters Patent is 1; A. rail joint comprising fishplates arintegral lugs adapted to enter apertures in theralls, one of said fish plates extending form abase plate, and an arm extending from the opposite fish plate beneath said base first mentionedfish plate, a wedge inserted between said arm and the adjacent fish plate and a wedge inserted between said arm and the base plate, substantially as described.

2. A rail joint comprising a fish plate havsame to form a. chair or bedlplate, a wedge inserted between said fish plate and an arm extending from the opposite fish plate, and a Wedge inserted between said arm and the bed'plate substantially as described.

3. In. a rail joint, fish plates arranged on opposite facesof the rails, having inwardly proj ecting. liws .adapted to enter apertures in theends o the rails,a bed plate formed between the arm 9 and the plate 7 so as to pe'rnntof quick assembling oi. the parts and iii the arm 9 in which the lower edge of the wedge 1: rests, thus providing agalnst acextends beneath the abutting ends of the ranged on opposite sides of the rail, having around the flange and beneath the rails to plate and railsand to a pointadjacent to the ing lugsentering' openings in the rails, ar- Y ranged on one side and extendingbeneath integral with one of the fish plates, an arm extending from the other fish plate beneath said had plate to a point adjacent to the first named fish plate, a Wedge inserted between said arm and the adjacent fish plate, and a. Wedge inserted between said arm and the bed platqsubstantially as described.

Witnesses SAMUEL LEE.

'T. R J. CAMPBELL,

CHAS. J. B 

